Peter Greenidge - Naked Yet Unashamed Lyrics

With so much dirt crushing my lungs
Why even try to breathe
When my skull is slowly caving in
It gets kinda hard to think

The weight of this shame
I can't tell what is innate
And what well intentioned people
Have placed on me

I don't know how to express my emotions
It's never felt very safe
I don't know how to stand up for myself
But I've learned how to lose my faith
I just want to feel important
To someone in this place
And I just want to be accepted
Naked yet unashamed

I've looked around at congregations
And heard the words you preached
I learned a constant and deep self hatred
For just existing
It never seemed like an option
To do much questioning
When there's good and bad, only black and white
And you'll burn if you disagree

I don't know how to express my emotions
It's never felt very safe
I don't know how to stand up for myself
But I've learned how to lose my faith
I just want to feel important
To someone in this place
I just want to be accepted
Naked yet unashamed

I was just a kid who wanted to be accepted
I caught on pretty quick it's conformity or isolation
I was taught that there is room for certain parts of me
That you can come as you are if you're fixed by the time you leave
Well I don't want to be fixed
I want to be free
You said that's what this was about
Singing Jesus loves me
Well I don't know how to live
Out of anything but your beliefs
But I've watched as you shove people into boxes
And I've seen how they can't breathe

The dirt is slowly crushing me as I struggle to breathe
I can hear you judging me for trying to breathe
You say "you just need to have faith" while you bury me
"I pray that he comes back someday, cause we know what he needs"

I don't want to blame you
And I don't want you to blame me
I think that we're all flawed, and perfect, and confusing
I wanna try to love you
And I'd love for you to love me
But I can't keep seeking acceptance
From people that don't want all of me